Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-02-05
10th Congressional Session.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 4

|
ration of crime in Washington Is greater In
proportion to population than in New York,
which was always supposed to take pfece-
dence in that respect. A heated colloquy
/ ensued between Messrs. Dawes and Van
Wyck, the former taking the ground that
| the appropriations committee had enough to
do without examining into the school build
ings and gaades of education. This remark
coming from the Senator from Massachusetts,
greatly astonished Mr.. Van Wyck. The
| matter was referred to the appropriations
| committee.
Mr. Hoar, from the judiciary committee,
| reported substitute -for the House joint
| resolution authorizing an investigation of
| the Pacific railroad bonds, accounts, etc.,
| which he said had the appreciation of all the
members of the Judiciary committee, al
/ though he had dissented from it himself. He
thought it might pass the Senate without dis
| cussion. Mr.. Hale suggested that it had bet.
| ter go over and the resolution was placed on
| the calendar, Mr.. Hoar announcing that he
| would call it up at the first possible moment.
| Some routine business then disposed
| of after which the bill to credit and
pay to the several States and ter
| ritories and the District of Columbia
all moneys collected under the direct tax
levied by the act of August 5, 1851 was
| taken up. Mr.. Sherman advocated and ex-
| planned the bill. He said that it had been
several recommended by the treasury de-
| partment partly as an act of justice and
partly to relive the department of legal com
| plications. 1t referred to a tax of $40, 00O,
4 900 imposed during the. war upon all the
| States north and south. So those northern
| States which paid it promptly discount of
| fifteen per cent. had been allowed. But
some few of those States did not pay prompt
1 ly and since the war some OF it had been col
| looted from some of the southern States.
| Charges for the quota due by the southern
| States stood against them on the books of
| aa and mt dina fro
| the treasury could not be paid while these
stood there. Under these circumstances
| three or four secretaries of the Treasury had
recommended that out of the overlooking
treasury there be paid back to the States the
amounts received from them and that the
other States be credited with their share of
| the tax. The bill was madifestly just; it
had been uniformly recommended by the
Treasury department and had been unani-
| mously recommended by the committee on
| finance. The aggregate of the amount to be
refunded would be about fourteen or fifteen
million dollars.
| After debate the bill was passed, Mr.. Van
Wyck casting the only vote in the negative.
The bill directs the Secretary of the Treas
ury to credit to each State and territory and
| to the District of Columbia a sum equal to all
| collections made from them under the direct
tax act. 1t RENTS and relinquishes all of the
| tax still due and it appropriates a sufficient
| amour. to reimburse the States for all
| moneys found due to them under the pro-
visions of this act to be paid to their respec-
| tive governors, provided that where the
| taxes have been collected from citizens,
either directly or by sale of property, the
amount shall be held in trust for them or
their legal representatives by the respective
States.
Tho Senate then decided to comply with
| the request from the House to return the
papers in the matter of the Northern Paci fc
| land forfeiture bill and afterwards resumed
consideration of the railroad attorneys bill.
A vote was taken on Mr.. Hoar's amend
| ment substitute for the original bill max
| ing it unlawful for member of Congress to
| act as attorney in any case in opposition to
| the United States to act attorney for
amp subsidized railroad company when
| measures affecting the interests Of such COM
| pany are pending before Congress during the
members term of Office. The amendment
was agreed to-26 to 21-as follows:
Yeas-Alison Blair, Bowen, Call, Cheney, Con-
oa Jones' aev Mcmillan Gahone
sna sheF
Nays Aldrich, Beck, Berry, Blackburn, Butler.
Of Arkansas, McPherson,. Manderson, Mitchell of
Oregon, Salisbury, Voorhees,, Walthall, White
horne, Wilson OF Iowa, and Wilson OF Maryland
Mr.. Salsbury's amendment was next con-
sidered and that gentleman explained that it
did not undertake to prescribe punishment
for the offense, but merely to declare an inhi-
bition Of the employment of members of
Congress for subsidized roads. After. consid
cradle debate it was rejected; yeas 0, nays
81.
An amendment offered by Mr. Hoar max
ing it unlawful for members of Congo to
hold real estate in the District of Columbia,
except as residences, rejected, 6 to 40
the yeas being Butler, Hale, Hoar, Pugh,
Teller and Payne.
Finally Mr.. Hoar's amendment Slightly
| morti6ed) was adopted a substitute
yeas 80, nays 21-and then the bill in that
shape was reported to the Senate.
Mr. Beck voted his original bill as sub
stitute and it was rejected II to So.
Mr.. Teller then rose and announced his in
| tention of voting against the bill. He had
been a member of the Senate for seven
| years, but had never witnessed more dis
graceful scene in the Senate than what had
occurred to-day. Things had been charged
| by innuendo. The Senator from Kentucky
said that those who were opposed to this leg
| islation were dishonest. He did not think it
| becoming in any member to taunt his COM
rades with less degree of honesty than he
| himself has For himself he claimed to be
| the moral peer of the Senator from Kentucky
and he did not need any legislation to keep
| him honest.
Mr. Beck demanded the yeas and nays up
| on the passage of the bill, stating that there
| was nothing in it he cared much about, but
|
something in it and he wanted to give the
| House a chance. The bill was then passed
| 80 to IA as follows:
| Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Bech Berry, Blackburn
iom' raves, Doph, Eustis Fair, Frye, George, Cor
man, Hale, Hawley, Hoar, Jones Of Arkansas,
yana, morrill,, Palmer; RiddIeherger. sherman,
Spooner, Van Wyck, Vest, Voorhees,. Wa Mdtl
/ of Maryland-39
Nays-Call, Cameron, Farwell, Gray. Hampton.
| Mol nj Oh
Ransom, Sawyer, Stanford, Teller-;4.
The Senate at elf pm. adjourned.
HoUsE.-Veto messages from the Presi-
dent on bills granting pensions to Alexander
Falconer and William Lynch were laid be-
| fore the House and referred to the committee
| on pensions. In the case of Falsoner the
| President states that the claim was rejected
| by the pension Office on the ground that no
disability existed in a pensionable degree
l and as the claimant was Mexican soldier he
| will undoubtedly be provided for under the
| Mexican pension bill. In the case of Lynch
the President says the claimants application
| is still pending in the pension bureau and
that he does not understand that Congress
| intends to pass special acts in cases thus
| situated
| Mr. Randall, from the committee
on rules, reported a resolution, which
was amended and adopted, discharging
| the committee of the whole from further
] cOnSlderatlOn OF Ln6 senate Dill LOT the re-
| trement and recoinage of the trade dollar
and making the bill special order in the
| House for February ~.
After some unimportant routine business
| the House went into committee of the whole
| on the private calendar.
A bill autho izing the Secretary of the
Treasury to refund to the North German
Lloyd, the Hamburg Packet and the Morse
F.! American Steamship companies interest
upon certain tonnage dues illegally exacted,
| which dues have heretofore been refunded,
gave rise to some discussion and it was final
| " reported favorably to the House. Pend
| ing action upon the measure the House pro-
| ceeded to dispose of few private bills COM
| ing over as the unfinished business from last
Friday.
At O'Clock a recess was taken until 7:80
p. m.
| The Boot Strike Nearing an End.